UAlbany Great DanesvsBuffalo Bulls
ALB 17/BUFF 21
Things to say
Buffalo held off UAlbany 21-17 to open the season at home.
01
opener
Buffalo got out of there with a 21-17 win, but it was way closer than it should've been. Albany had the lead in the fourth. The Bulls had to grind the go-ahead score late.
02
key player
Chance Morrow was the whole offense — 3 touchdown catches on just 48 yards. Guy lived in the red zone all night.
03
hot take
Holmes threw 47 times for 189 yards. That's a lot of dinking and dunking for a team that couldn't run it either.
04
deep cut
Every single Buffalo touchdown was a Morrow catch. Take him off the field and the Bulls score zero.
05
exit
Bulls need to clean it up quick before conference play, or this is gonna be a long fall.
The recap
Buffalo edged UAlbany 21-17 in a back-and-forth opener that came down to who had the ball last. The story here is the Holmes-to-Morrow connection: quarterback Elijah Holmes threw three touchdowns and every single one went to Chance Morrow, who only racked up 48 yards but found the end zone three times.
Albany actually grabbed a 17-14 lead in the fourth on a Kai Colon strike, but Morrow's 5-yard score with under five minutes left flipped it and stood up as the game-winner. Not pretty for the Great Danes, who moved the ball through the air but couldn't answer when it mattered.